TV Shows released in 1951

Goodyear Playhouse

81/100

The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.

The Dinah Shore Show

72/100

Dinah hosted this 15 minute live musical and variety show, two nights a week. It led to her own hour long show in 1956.

What's My Line

72/100

A panel of celebrities trying to guess what a person does for a living, or figure out who a mystery guest is. This is the version for the United Kingdom.

Life with Buster Keaton

76/100

The Steve Allen Show

78/100

The Lawrence Welk Show

84/100

Front Page Detective

61/100

A newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.

Gruen Guild Theater

82/100

Red Ryder

75/100

Foreign Intrigue

83/100

The experiences of Robert Cannon and Helen Davis, foreign correspondents for "Consolidated News". Stories relate to their attempts to infiltrate and expose espionage rings.

Strike It Rich

38/100

A game show where people relate their unfortunate situations (fatal disease, injury, their house burned down, etc.) in hopes that someone will take pity on them, call the show and give them money or merchandise.

Hollywood Opening Night

60/100

The Bob & Ray Show

83/100

The Kate Smith Evening Hour

70/100

Live weekly variety show with stars from Hollywood and Broadway in comedy, musical and other skits.

Crime Photographer

53/100

"The Morning Express" photographer hangs out at New York's Blue Note Cafe and tells bartender Ethelbert of his various exploits and adventures. Ann is an "Express" reporter and Casey's girlfriend.

Celanese Theatre

75/100

This program consisted of adaptations of high-quality plays written by leading playwrights.

Out There

66/100

Innovative anthology series was one of the first adult-oriented science fiction series of the early-fifties and probably suffered for it. Teleplays were adapted from the best science ... See full summary »

Cosmopolitan Theatre

76/100

An hour-long short-lived dramatic anthology series that ran on Tuesday evenings, based on stories that originated in Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Chief Halftown

88/100

The CHIEF HALFTOWN SHOW was Philadelphia's longest running show for kids. The show first aired on WFIL in 1951 and then WPVI where it ran until 1999. The Chief would appear in full Indian ... See full summary »

The Victor Borge Show

81/100

Victor Borge performed his comic routines and played the piano in this show in addition to inviting guest stars who performed and chatted with Borge.